Japan's history of the performing arts is ... Kabuki is by far the most well-known form of Japanese theater, and has built up quite the reputation as a rowdy and exciting affair.

Son of a lumber merchant, he experienced Japan’s compulsory military service, became a proficient swordsman. Later he entered the theatre ... active form of drama, quickly called it Ken-Geld ...

Japan's National Theatre, a base for the traditional performing arts, is in crisis. The sleek theater in central Tokyo closed a year ago for reconstruction. But the process has stalled ...

As anticipation rises for the story that is about to unfold on the stage, the theater curtain--“doncho” in Japanese--begins to rise. A form of exquisite textile art that evolved only in Japan ...